Latch & Snap
- cha cha
- Level 2
- 100–135 BPM
- 8 beats
A two-hand connective figure on the checked action: both partners stay facing in frame, two hands joined throughout. On the rock-step the lead compresses BOTH joined hands inward toward center (elbows-in 'latch'), loading shared tone; on the 'cha-cha-cha' both hands snap open to shoulder width with a crisp staccato settle and a Cuban-hip accent on each cha. No turn, no travel. The signature is that both partners articulate the SAME compress-then-release simultaneously through all four points of hand contact, so the live connection itself becomes the figure.
Cues
Lead and follow cues
Lead
English
Two hands joined — on the rock draw {{partner}} in with both hands (elbows in); on the cha-cha-cha snap both hands open and settle sharp through count {{count}}.
Español
Dos manos unidas — en el rock atrae a {{partner}} con ambas manos (codos adentro); en el cha-cha-cha abre las dos manos de golpe y asienta firme hasta el conteo {{count}}.
Follow
English
Answer the inward press with counter-pressure on the rock (don't collapse), then press back into the snap so the stretch is shared, hips settling on each cha to count {{count}}.
Español
Responde la presión hacia adentro con contrapresión en el rock (no te dejes caer), luego empuja de vuelta en el quiebre para que el estiramiento sea compartido, asentando la cadera en cada cha hasta el conteo {{count}}.